Vornado Air, LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 111 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Vornado ranks #3,364 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 111 patents across 8 technology areas.
- #3,364
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 44%
- by Innovation Score (37.4/100)
- 2.4
- avg claims per patent
- +127%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3364 · US Corporation #3,364 · 111 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MID 111 grants
- TOP-DECILE #3,364/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Seco Tools AB
- CPC-NARROW F04D · 8 areas
- INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
- CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.4 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +127% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Seco Tools AB (±0 grants)
Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.
How Vornado’s 37.4 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Vornado
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Japan Polypropylene · near
Japan Polypropylene · near
37 score
- Revolution Display · near
Revolution Display · near
37 score
- Shakespeare · near
Shakespeare · near
37 score
- Vornado Air · this assignee
Vornado Air · this assignee
37 score
- Xcom Labs · near
Xcom Labs · near
37 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Vornado's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.
Does more volume mean deeper claims for Vornado?
Each dot is one of Vornado’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Vornado’s own 2.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Vornado's grants concentrate
Vornado Air, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 9% of grants classified under F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (21 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Vornado sits between Seco Tools AB and Cepheid.
Vornado's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Vornado Air, LLC moved from 31 to 45 grants (1.45x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #487. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Vornado's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Seco Tools AB
Seco Tools AB
111 patents
- Universite DE Ren…
Universite DE Rennes
111 patents
- University of Sci…
University of Science and Technology Beijing
111 patents
- Vignet Incorporat…
VigNet Incorporated
111 patents
- Vornado Air ◀
Vornado Air, LLC
111 patents
- Albert-ludwigs-un…
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
110 patents
- Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific Limited
110 patents
- Centre Hospitalie…
Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest
110 patents
- Cepheid
Cepheid
110 patents
What this shows Vornado holds 111 patents at rank #3,364, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Vornado
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,364 in granted patent volume.
- Seco Tools AB #3,360 · 111 patents
- Universite DE Rennes #3,361 · 111 patents
- University of Science and Technology Beijing #3,362 · 111 patents
- VigNet Incorporated #3,363 · 111 patents
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg #3,365 · 110 patents
- Boston Scientific Limited #3,366 · 110 patents
- Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest #3,367 · 110 patents
- Cepheid #3,368 · 110 patents
Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Vornado's primary technology class.
- General Electric Company 654 in class
- United Technologies Corporation 612 in class
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation 357 in class
- Safran Aircraft Engines 318 in class
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (HSC) 259 in class
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. 251 in class
- Rolls-royce plc 244 in class
- BorgWarner Inc. 188 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vornado, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), Vornado ranks #165 of 1,034 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.4 here).
Vornado's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 9 | 8.1% |
| 2018 | 11 | 9.9% |
| 2019 | 8 | 7.2% |
| 2020 | 14 | 12.6% |
| 2021 | 9 | 8.1% |
| 2022 | 21 | 18.9% |
| 2023 | 20 | 18.0% |
| 2024 | 4 | 3.6% |
| 2025partial year | 13 | 11.7% |
Which technologies does Vornado Air, LLC patent most?
Top 8 of 8 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Vornado Air, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Vornado Air, LLC's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
- Ranked #3,364 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Vornado Air, LLC against Seco Tools AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 37.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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